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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Audi transmission gate (was Are there any Luxary AWD?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.024313.18423@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 02:43:13 GMT
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- In article <Nov13.211817.15406@engr.washington.edu> eliot@lanmola.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.183950.11573@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
- >>With regards to Audi, I do not think they were commenting on the
- >>problems with that style of transmission.
- >
- >well i don't have that issue, so i can't quote any text from it.
- >you yourself quoted some text on their criticism of the zigzag
- >gate.
-
- All they said was that it was awkward. If you trash a car mag
- on a comment like that, I am surprised that you read anything
- at all. What about the rest of the ratings I wrote out for the net.
- Are those the words of a group that knows how to rate cars?
- Was there anything biased about it?
-
-
- >The only difference between the Q45's gate and the Audi/Benz gate is
- >the location of first gear. in the q45 you move it to the right; in
- >the audi, you go down. how is that significantly different? the
- >answer is plain and simple: they are biased.
- >
- >don't take their word or my word for it. just go to the auto shows
- >and play with the transmissions of these cars and decide for yourself
- >if they are significantly different. if they are not, then this is
- >a clear cut example of blatant bias.
- >
-
-
- So, you have wnet out and compared the transmissions? I thought
- you hadn;t driven a Q45 yet.
-
- The Audi and Infinity looked quite differrent, not just the order but
- the whole flow of the pattern. Maybe I'll post a picutre of the
- difference. And, I'll try to go out and compare them.
-
- The only thing I can say about the Benz is that it was rated 5 years
- before the Audi.
-
- Also, trashing a whole mag just because you don't think something
- is awkward is rather extreme.
-
-
- What about the meat of their reviews, the other stuff I quoted
- about the cars. Does it sound like a Japanese bias review
- only meant for people worthy of rating toasters or was
- it an intelligent honest review worth at least some merit when
- compared to some of the other mags.
-
- In other words did it fit your perception of how CU would rate
- a car. My point is not that they are perfect, if that was the case
- I wouldn;t get any other car mags. But that there is
- a lot of unfair bias against them when they can actually be competent.,
-
- Case in point:
-
- Someone recently said yet again *sigh* that CU is only good for
- ratings things like toasters and later in the message said that they
- liked real cars like the Bonneville , BWM and Mercedes. When in fact
- CU gave *great* reviews of all of those cars.
-
- That does not make any sense, how one trash a magazine that
- loves the same cars you do?
-
- john
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